Vehicle-wheel.



PATBNTED JULY 24, 1906.

L. A. ALLWINE.

APPLICATION FILED 13130.2. 1905.

EHIGLE WHEEL.

2 SHEETS'SHEET 1.

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PLIUA EHIULE WHEEL.

1011 FILED 1330.2 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

\ YTI I @fSSES:

INVENTOI? La? 4. ALL w/w" LEo ALOISE ALL 25 Fig, 1.

f the box illustrated in my drawings. I v spindle or axle-box A'and the'hubfG'may be 4o fixedly, connected by any approved means I v UN TED STATES PATENT OF ICE;

WINE, or LORAI-N, onio, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEO to. .WORDEN, OF LORAIN, oH o.

VEHICLE-WHEEL;

E Ohio, have invented ce'rtain'new and useful Improvements :in Vehicle Wheels, of which the following is as ecification.

The invention re ates to wheels commonly known as elastic or fsprmg wheels, and

to has'for-rits object the cure of objections to wheels. of this character as they haveheretofore been constructed. t

. The invention consists of anovel arrangementandconstruction of cushioning means interposed .between 'two inde enden-tportions in the make-up of the w reel and also novel details of construction whereby/the in- Y j vention is racticed.

,In the ollowing detail description-oi my 2o inventionreferencc is had'to the accompany- 3 ing draw1ngs,'where1n' 1 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the completed wheel, part broken away. Fig.2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 3 'is a viewinside elevation, showing another form or constructionof the main feature characterizing my invention; and 4 is a transverse sectional view taken .on line 4' 4 of Fig. 3.

3o In carrying out my invention I. employ an axle-box A, constructed'forarran ement .on a cylindrical or'other form of spin e B. In connection with the box A, I employ, prefer r ably, an elli tical hub C.-- The form of the T latter may e modified ,-however, into any contour not circular. Therefore, obviously I do not restrict myself to the constructionof The but as one means thereof I provide the box with a flange D, adapting-the'same for appli-' cation of bolts E, tappze stantially as shown in surrounding seat F is: rovided a apted for thereception of a,rub ervor other yielding;

, tube G, adapted for inflation through a suit- Specification oi Letters-Patent; I j 3 Applicationfiled December 2,1905, salute. 289.955."

into the hub, subi s..2 and 4. On the outer vperiphery of the ub C, an suitable ciently larger than the hub C to contain" 'therebetween the yieldin tube G, .when the same. is inflated, adapts forycushioning effeet, as will be'understoodQ Plates J, made elliptical or of' other form, are 'secured by- .bolts orapproved means to opposite sides of. therim I.- Said platesJ arecons'tructed to v extend inwardly from their attachment .to the rim I and ada ted to movably embrace the thevhub (1- It'isdesigne'd cushion G an Patentedd'uly 24,1906. 3

that with the construction shown by Fig. 2

the plates J shall have free sliding movement on t tion of the tube G. An opening is provided near the center of the plates J, affords e hub C to permit free cushionin opera- I i It wil be noticed that the-exterior'of the box A is made square, (see dottedlines'L in Fig. 1,) whereby to prevent turning action of the box A in the hub O.

M denotes any desired type of felly orrim having pneumaticor soli -rubber tire N.

The felly andelle tical rim'I may-be con-- nected b a suitab e m'etalsheet, wire spokes com mo emplbyed in the construction of 'a bicycle-wh substantially as shown. I v

The form of wheel illustrated by Fi s.- 3 and 40f my drawings. difiers from the orm shown by Fi s. l and 2 in having the elliptical plates J fixe 1y secured to the hub C by bolts"- or other approved means, therebcy serving as confining-guides-for the run I an permitting eel, or by simple wheel-spokes O,

free vibrationof the, latter as opposed by the cushioning action of-the pneumatic tube G.

' With the construction shown, Figs. .1 and .2, any obvious form of socket F may be employed forholding the tube on the wit Figs; 3 and 4 I employ an elliptical collar P,

having an outer groove in which the tube G ub but vthe construction of wheel illustrated in is seated, and inneriwedge-shapedtongues or projections Q, (see Fig. 3,) entered into-likeshaped slots in opposite sides of the hub C.

In the make-up of my improved wheel it .will be noticed that the innerportion R, consisting of the box, hub, and pneumatic cush- -ion,'has substantially fixed relation with the indie or axle B, save rotary motion, while s t e outer portion S, consisting of the rim I,

are free to move and ereby, through cushioning action of the eve the person What I claim isrelatively movable pneumatic tube G, take up vibration and rei riding in the vehicle using 5 my improved Wheels.

andv non-movab tions, of anelliptical hub having a suitable 0 box, a socket on the ion seated in the so the cushion, plates portion of the wheel, I

" and a felly suitably suprim on the cushion,

hub, an elliptical cushcket, a rim surrounding fixedly secured to one adapted for holding the e pox ported on said rim, substantially as de scribed.

2. The combination in a wheel em loying relatively movable and non-incveb e per- Itions, of an elliptical hub, an elliptical cush- I ion on the hub, a similarly-forme rim seated on the cushion, lates fixedly secured to one portion of the wheel, adapted for holding the rim on the cushion, and a felly suitably sup-. ported on the rim. LEO ALOISE ALLWINE.

Witnesses: i

W. B. THOMPSON- LEO WARDEN 

